"Velcro" Beach

We have settled for a few days in what has become known as "Velcro" Beach. Aptly named, as many cruisers passing through seem to get here and then never find reason to leave. We certainly see how that would be tempting. The mooring field is very secure - about 1/3 mile wide, 2 miles long, protected on all sides by trees and mangrove, and with minimal current. There is a city bus that runs hourly from the marina office into town for plentiful shopping. You can dinghy to the beach in about 20 minutes. AND, best of all, here it is the middle of November and it is already 80 degrees; actually 83 with the humidex. That's right, November and we're talking humidex!
Yesterday morning we took the bus into town and did a bit of shopping. Once we got back to the boat we met up with the Teskey's. Kerry, Julie, Connor and Dylan are a family (from Milton!!) on a catamaran that are doing a similar trip. We wanted to hook up with them for a couple of hours so the kids could play together on the beach, and so we could pick their brains about points further south. They have already done this trip once, so were a wealth of information. The kids had a great time playing in the water and sand at the beach while the parents watched and chatted. We went back to our respective boats for dinner, and then Kerry and Connor popped by so the Captains could peruse some charts of Bahamas and look at possible routes and popular anchorages. We are grateful to Kerry for sharing his knowledge and advice! Based on their conversation and the planned routes of other boats with kids that we've come across, we now are planning to get to Miami, and then cross from there to Bimini, Bahamas.
Today is laundry, and a few boat chores that needed a stop to get done: rig tuning, stowing of charts and guide books for waters further north, and figuring out where we are going to put all the stuff that we would like to take when we do our big provisioning shopping.
Likely tomorrow we will continue moving south again, our plan being to take 3 days to cover the 110 miles to Ft. Lauderdale.